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dishonoring

dishonoring is the present participle and gerund of dishonor.

Meaning of dishonor

Verb

dishonor (third-person singular simple present dishonors, present participle dishonoring, simple past and past participle dishonored)

  1. American standard spelling of dishonour.
    • It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.1866, Josiah Gilbert Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln

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Questions about dishonoring

What is dishonoring the present participle and gerund of?
Dishonoring is the present participle and gerund of dishonor.

Words near dishonoring in the dictionary

  1. dishonored
  2. dishonorer
  3. dishonorers
  4. dishonorest
  5. dishonoreth
  6. dishonoring
  7. dishonors
  8. dishonour
  9. dishonour'd
  10. dishonourable
  11. dishonourable discharge

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